Cricket 2012: Cricket has always been a game stuck in the past

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Blackface in crowd	129	55.36%
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Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Michael Slater interrupted Clarke's commentary to talk about slopes when I had to duck out 40min ago and when I came back he's still talking about slopes

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Dead Goon posted:

Hey guys, don't know if you have ever heard, but the ground at Lords slopes quite a bit.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 11:49

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 02:20

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Didn�t Jeremy Clarkson get sacked for talking about slopes

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:02

Charles 2 of Spain: Nov 7, 2017

Brave Aussie battler David Warner. What a redemption story.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:07

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Fanatic posted:

Michael Slater interrupted Clarke's commentary to talk about slopes when I had to duck out 40min ago and when I came back he's still talking about slopes

Edit:

execute the slopes

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:26

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

This is top Englanding so far.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:37

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

Certain I'm late to this but Jofra Archer plays for England?

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:42

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

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snaeksikn posted:

Certain I'm late to this but Jofra Archer plays for England?

Only qualified a few months ago. There was mild controversy

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:45

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

The 'bringup your hundred then immediately hole out' remains surprisingly common.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:56

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

England needed that really quite badly. Winkle out Maxwell and they might rescue this.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 12:57

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

tarbrush posted:

Only qualified a few months ago. There was mild controversy

There was mild "ooh will his face fit" from guys like Agnew which they didn't vocalise when people like Morgan joined the team.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:13

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

lmao australia are so bad

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:24

Charles 2 of Spain: Nov 7, 2017

DBS : "With that I don't see Australia going past 300 and with that, England very much alive in this game. That's the beauty of the ODIs. There's so much time to make a comeback. "

Lol

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:30

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Charles 2 of Spain posted:

DBS : "With that I don't see Australia going past 300 and with that, England very much alive in this game. That's the beauty of the ODIs. There's so much time to make a comeback. "

Lol

seems right to me...

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:31

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

We lack the firepower in the middle of the good teams. Guys like Stoinis and Maxwell are extremely dumb.

I still see us the worst of the potential finalists

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:32

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

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300 is a hard chase on this wicket.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:33

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Burn Down Canberra posted:

We lack the firepower in the middle of the good teams. Guys like Stoinis and Maxwell are extremely dumb.

I still see us the worst of the potential finalists

if only you had brains like warner and finch down the order

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:35

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

tarbrush posted:

300 is a hard chase on this wicket.

obviously we will lose but im laughing now while i can

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:35

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

RideTheSpiral posted:

if only you had brains like warner and finch down the order

They are rocket scientists in comparison

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:36

Charles 2 of Spain: Nov 7, 2017

RideTheSpiral posted:

seems right to me...

The beauty of one day cricket being time is pretty funny.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:37

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Burn Down Canberra posted:

They are rocket scientists in comparison

to be fair finch has been extremely impressive since he became captain. shame he cant play a shot after 100

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:38

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Charles 2 of Spain posted:

The beauty of one day cricket being time is pretty funny.

oh yeah haha

edit: i only watch 'the hundred' so it didnt strike me as odd

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:38

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Yep thats a bad team alright.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:42

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

Were they saying Root?

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:42

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Here is a left field idea
1. Finch, 2 khawaja, 3 smith, 4 smith, 5-7 overrated hacks

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:46

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

smith should have considered tampering the ball with his bat

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:46

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Here is a left field idea
1. Finch, 2 khawaja, 3 smith, 4 smith, 5-7 overrated hacks

no way khawaja was going to score runs after one look at that pitch

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:47

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

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What are Australia happy defending here? I feel like 280 is enough but not particularly comfortable

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:50

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

Probably about 340

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:51

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

RideTheSpiral posted:

no way khawaja was going to score runs after one look at that pitch

I think moving warner to the middle order (who i meant at 4 rather than batting smith twice lol) adds better balance. Shaun Marsh maybe at opener

Either way we arent winning the world cup so its moot. I think australia has done better than expected but its just not possible to turn around 3 years of stinking in odi cricket in 6 months. It would take india, new zealand and england all choking in the finals for australia to win imo

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:52

Centusin: Aug 5, 2009

tarbrush posted:

What are Australia happy defending here? I feel like 280 is enough but not particularly comfortable

Could easily defend 150 against this England team

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:53

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Burn Down Canberra posted:

I think moving warner to the middle order (who i meant at 4 rather than batting smith twice lol) adds better balance. Shaun Marsh maybe at opener

Either way we arent winning the world cup so its moot. I think australia has done better than expected but its just not possible to turn around 3 years of stinking in odi cricket in 6 months. It would take india, new zealand and england all choking in the finals for australia to win imo

this is extremely likely

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:54

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Scylo posted:

Could easily defend 150 against this England team

my understanding of the england cricket team is that the target is irrelevant. we are just as likely to chase 400 as get all out to scotland chasing 150.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 13:55

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

Have England learned nothing about having Stokes try to be a death bowler.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 14:04

Charles 2 of Spain: Nov 7, 2017

Think Morgan hosed up his bowling rotation there, Archer should've bowled out.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 14:07

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Think Aus are 30-40 short here, can see England chasing this down pretty comfortably

# ? Jun 25, 2019 14:16

Electric Wrigglies: Feb 6, 2015

Gee, that turned around half-way through the innings. But still hoping for classic English choking action - the English take great pride in finding ways of stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.

# ? Jun 25, 2019 14:27